Evening capital., 1887-01-18


On the subject for discussion in the
Presbyterian Church last night-'.Noth-
ing Can Save but Christ the pastor
said
God declares concerning Christ, by
the mouth of the Apostle: Neither is
there Salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved. I"
This of itself ought TO be enough to con-
vince us that we cannot save ourselves,
and that fellow-man or angel cannot
save us.
I'm harmony with this text have been
the utterances of thousands of great and
good men in all ages of the church,
Said Lord Bacon: After all my studies
and enquiries / dare not die with any
other thoughts than those taught by the
christian faith" Henry Clay, toward
the close of life, said: Il am an old man.
/ have been q wicked man. / have seen
a great deal of the world, and / tell you
that nothing is SO important as to be the
true followers of Christ" Said Patrick
Henry in his will: II have now disposed
OF all my property to my family; there is
one thing more / wish could give them.
and that is the christian religion. If they
had that, and had not given them one
shilling, they would be rich; and if they
had not that, and / had given all the
world, they would be poor.
The testimony of christians in the hour
of death is not less distinct. Said John
Wesley: II have been wandering up and
down between fifty and sixty years, en-
deavoring in my poor way to do little
good TO my fellow creatures; and what
have to trust to for Salvation? i can
see nothing which have done or suffer
ed that will bear looking at. / have no
other plea than this
1.-THE chief OF Sinners am,
But Jesus died for me-"
John Ashworth said when dying: Safe
in the arms of Jesus. Thank God Safe
in the arms of Jesus" The last words of
the distinguished German professor, Tho
luck were, Il am not afraid: Christ died
for me. Says Sourin: ITO be Jesus
Christ in the hour of death by condition,
by engagement and above all by inclina-
tion, are the only means of dying with
delight"
THE dying hour of the unbeliever
shows how terrible it is TO be without
Christ. Hume said: Il begin to fancy
cnvironed with darkness on every side
Gibbon declared that when he looked
forward all was dark and doubtful. -
Talleyrand declared 'that he had pro-
found sentiment of encouragement and
despair with regard to the future"
so confident have men been of the
power and willingness of ChIist to save,
that they have longcd for DEATH as in the
case of the martyrs. Burns said that he
had been dying for years. and that at
death he would begin to live" Flavcl
said: Some need patience to die; need
ii as much TO live"
''Said one good man of the death of
another good man. Let us thank God
that the good man may die" Gregory
Nazianzen said of the death Of his moth
er: when one dies as she died, then /
weep not" DR.. Alexander declared that
he lost all fear of death when he saw
the christian die"
Nov the christian religion cannot be
myth or fable, when it quiets and sus-
tains in death, and when its absence
causes such fear end despair. 1t must be
a reality 1t must be necessity. Hence,
every human being ought to have a high
appreciation of it. He ought to fell that
whatever leads to Christ is blessing,
and whatever leads him away from Christ
is robbing him of all hope of securing
eternal life. He ought to do nothing TO
hinder the power of Christ in his own
heart, and nothing to hinder His power
in the hearts of others. With Him we
are safe for time and eternity, and with
out Him we are undone forever
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